Sociologists and economists often refer to the phenomenon of the rich getting perpetually richer as the Matthew effect, a concept deeply rooted in the simple mathematical reality…

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Sociologists and economists often refer to the phenomenon of the rich getting perpetually richer as the Matthew effect, a concept deeply rooted in the simple mathematical reality of compound interest and asset accumulation. If you have a million dollars sitting in a basic, low-yield investment account, you will passively earn more money while you are sleeping than a minimum-wage worker will physically earn by destroying their body over an entire decade of gruelingly hard labor. The modern capitalist system is practically hardwired to ruthlessly reward the people who already possess capital, while actively punishing the people who have to trade their limited time and physical health for a meager paycheck. It is basically a giant financial cheat code where money magically breeds more money, ensuring that generational wealth is guarded by cold, unfeeling mathematics rather than anything resembling actual hard work or merit